State Representative - District 59

Katie Stewart is the state representative for House District 59, which covers Archuleta, La Plata, Montezuma and San Juan counties. Her campaign website says she served four years on the Durango 9-R Board of Education and worked early in her career as an emergency medical technician in Silverton. It says she is a fourth-generation Durangoan.

Naomi Riess's campaign website says she has owned and run Riess Research & Planning, a land-use consulting business, for more than 33 years and owns Colorado Heritage Farms. It says she has served more than 15 years on the La Plata County Historic Preservation Commission, many of them as vice chair, and has lived in Durango for more than three decades.